FILE PHOTO: A waiter fills a glass in the Mediterranean seafood restaurant Estiatorio Milos at the Hudson Yards in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, to contain the spread of COVID-19 in what was once the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, said on Sunday he is moving to shut non-essential businesses as well as schools in nine neighborhoods identified as coronavirus clusters, starting on Wednesday.
Seeking state approval for the lockdown, de Blasio said it would affect nine ZIP codes where coronavirus positivity rates have spiked, sometimes as the result of failure to social distance and wear face masks. He said neighborhoods in another 11 ZIP codes were on a "watch list" because of their rising positivity rates.
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